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JOAN SCHMIT

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Raw average: 4.32/5 from 57 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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RMI 300
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Joan is wonderful. Good lecturer, good OH. All content is delivered in lectures which are unrecorded, so don't get sick.
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RMI 300
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Joan is amazing. 100% take rmi 300 with her. I am not a business school student and she found a way to make this class fun and interesting when i absolutely am not interested in insurance but she was so sweet and funny too!
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RMI 300
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Joan is an awesome professor who sincerely cares about her students. Joan makes the lectures engaging, dynamic, and has lots of office hours for extra help. Her exams are straightforward and based on the lectures. All in all, TAKE JOAN!! She is an excellent professor, the topic is useful for all majors, and the class material is interesting!
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RMI 300
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
i took this as an elective-wish i didnt. I showed up to every class and understood everything (or so i thought), I always got the lecture questions correct and 100s on every quiz and homework. But the exams were so hard and impossible to finish without bsing a few answers. Joan is fine, but i was expecting better bc of her ratings
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RMI 300
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
Never gave a clear definition to a single vocab word. online exams were horrible, as we were given 75 mins for 15 short answer questions, so 5 min per question, but needed 3 mins to read and understand the question. Instead of giving answer… Read full reviewShow less
Never gave a clear definition to a single vocab word. online exams were horrible, as we were given 75 mins for 15 short answer questions, so 5 min per question, but needed 3 mins to read and understand the question. Instead of giving answers to questions, TA and prof would respond with "we talked about this in lecture #14". Slides contained no info
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RMI 300
Quality 2/5Difficulty 5/5
"specific definitions are not important as long as you listen to what we talk about in class" Never posts slides. I never wanted to ask questions because she made me feel dumb when I didn't understand. Information in lectures made sense, but the exams were crazy hard... all short answer with multiple parts.. almost never finished.
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Classes with JOAN SCHMIT

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Recorded teaching history

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Spring 2023RMI 365Contemporary Topics
Spring 2023RMI 820Advanced Topics in Risk Management
Fall 2022RMI 300Principles of Risk Management
Fall 2022RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Spring 2022RMI 365Contemporary Topics
Spring 2022RMI 875Seminar-risk Management and Insurance
Fall 2021RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Fall 2020RMI 300Principles of Risk Management
Fall 2020RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Spring 2020RMI 365Contemporary Topics
Spring 2020RMI 875Seminar-risk Management and Insurance
Fall 2019RMI 300Principles of Risk Management
Fall 2019RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Spring 2019RMI 365Contemporary Topics
Spring 2019RMI 399Reading and Research-risk Management
Spring 2019RMI 820Advanced Topics in Risk Management
Spring 2019RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Fall 2018RMI 300Principles of Risk Management
Fall 2018RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Fall 2018RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Spring 2018RMI 300Principles of Risk Management
Spring 2018RMI 365Contemporary Topics
Spring 2018RMI 799Reading and Research-risk Management
Spring 2018RMI 875Seminar-risk Management and Insurance
Spring 2018RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Fall 2017RMI 300Principles of Risk Management
Fall 2017RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Fall 2017RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Spring 2017RMI 300Principles of Risk Management
Spring 2017RMI 365Contemporary Topics
Spring 2017RMI 820Advanced Topics in Risk Management
Spring 2017RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Fall 2016RMI 300Principles of Risk Management
Fall 2016RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Fall 2016RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Spring 2016RMI 300Principles of Risk Management
Spring 2016RMI 799Reading and Research-risk Management
Spring 2016RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Fall 2015RMI 300Principles of Risk Management
Fall 2015RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Fall 2015RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Spring 2015RMI 300Principles of Risk Management
Spring 2015RMI 399Reading and Research-risk Management
Spring 2015RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Spring 2015RMI 820Advanced Topics in Risk Management
Spring 2015RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Fall 2014RMI 300Principles of Risk Management
Fall 2014RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Fall 2014RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Fall 2014RMI 999Reading and Research-risk Management and Insurance Phd
Spring 2014RMI 300Principles of Risk Management
Spring 2014RMI 399Reading and Research-risk Management
Spring 2014RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Spring 2014RMI 875Seminar-risk Management and Insurance
Spring 2014RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Fall 2013RMI 300Principles of Risk Management
Fall 2013RMI 700Principles of Risk Management
Fall 2013RMI 799Reading and Research-risk Management
Fall 2013RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Spring 2013RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Spring 2013RMI 799Reading and Research-risk Management
Spring 2013RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Fall 2012RMI 799Reading and Research-risk Management
Spring 2012RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Spring 2012RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Fall 2011RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Spring 2011RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Fall 2010RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Spring 2010RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Spring 2010RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Fall 2009RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Fall 2009RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Fall 2009RMI 999Reading and Research-risk Management and Insurance Phd
Spring 2009RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Spring 2009RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Spring 2009RMI 999Reading and Research-risk Management and Insurance Phd
Fall 2008RMI 765Contemporary Topics
Fall 2008RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Spring 2008RMI 799Reading and Research-risk Management
Spring 2008RMI 875Seminar-risk Management and Insurance
Spring 2008RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Fall 2007RMI 799Reading and Research-risk Management
Fall 2007RMI 920Seminar in Actuarial Science, Risk Management & Insurance I
Spring 2007RMI 300Principles of Risk Management
Spring 2007RMI 820Advanced Topics in Risk Management
Spring 2007RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Fall 2006RMI 700Principles of Risk Management
Fall 2006RMI 990Risk & Insurance Independent Research Phd Thesis

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

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